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Skiladiko
Skiladiko or Skyladiko (, ) is a derogatory term to describe a branch of laiko music and some of the current nightclubs in Greece in which this music is performed. It also refers to the so-called "decadent" form of laiko, and is derived from the Greek for dog (σκύλος, ''skilos''), meaning "doggish" or "doghouse". The term was also used to refer to cheap or often unlicensed Greek night clubs with a usually shady reputation of Greek music on the outskirts of a Greek city or town. The typical arrangement in current skiladika establishments includes an elevated stage ("palco") where singers and musicians perform Greek songs, with the use of heavily amplified bouzouki, electric guitars and other instruments. Related Greek artists * Chryspa * Lefteris Pantazis *Giorgos Mazonakis * Nancy Alexiadi * Dionysis Makris * Kelly Kelekidou * Maro Litra * Vasilis Karras * Paola Foka * Zafeiris Melas * Anna Vissi * Angela Dimitriou * Antypas (singer) * Themis Adamantidis See also *Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Music
The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its History of Greece, history. Greek music separates into two parts: Greek folk music, Greek traditional music and Byzantine music. These compositions have existed for millennia: they originated in the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine period and ancient Greek music, Greek antiquity; there is a continuous development which appears in the language, the rhythm, the structure and the melody. Music is a significant aspect of Greek culture, Hellenic culture, both within Greece and in the Greek diaspora, diaspora. Greek musical history Greek musical history extends far back into ancient Greece, since music was a major part of ancient Greek theater. Later influences from the Roman Empire, Eastern Europe and the Byzantine Empire changed the form and style of Greek music. In the 19th century, opera composers, like Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795–1872), Spyridon Xyndas (1812–1896) and Spyridon Samaras (1861–1917) and symphonists, like Dimitris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Folk Music
Greek traditional music (, , 'traditional music'; also , , 'folk songs') includes a variety of Culture of Greece, Greek styles played by Greek people, ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, Australia, the United States and other parts of Europe. Apart from the common music found generally in Greece, each region of Greece contains a distinct type of folk music that originated from the region due to their history, traditions and cultural influences. Overview Greek folk music originally, predominantly contained one genre, known as Greek ''Demotiko (or Demotic/Paradosiako).'' This refers to the traditional Greek popular songs and music of mainland Greece and islands, which date back to the Byzantine Greece, Byzantine times. It was the sole popular musical genre of the Greek people until the spread of ''Rebetiko'' and ''Laïko, Laiko'' (other genres of folk music) in the early 20th century, spread by the Greek refugees from Asia Minor. This style of music evolved from the ancient and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefteris Pantazis
Lefteris Pantazis () who is often called by the nickname ''LePa'' by the media and his fans, is a Greek singer. He was born Eleftherios Pagkozidis (Ελευθέριος Παγκοζίδης) on 27 March 1955 to Pontic Greek parents in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, in the USSR. IMDb His parents to as refugees in the 1960s.Lefteris Pantazis KleiseTrapezi.gr Career He began singing professionally in the mid-1970s and h ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Themis Adamantidis
Themis Adamantidis (; born 28 September 1957) is a Greek singer and songwriter. He released around two dozen full-length studio albums, on Columbia Records, Minos Records/EMI and WEA The Wea were a Miami–Illinois-speaking Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana. Historically, they were described as being either closely related to the Miami tribe or a sub-tribe of Miami. Today, the descendants of th ..., but also on smaller labels. Discography He released the following albums: * 1980 – Αγάπησέ με * 1982 – Πονάμε όσοι αγαπάμε * 1982 – Τα Βοριαδάκια (Συμμετοχή) * 1983 – Δεν ήσουν ένα όνειρο * 1984 – Μια αλήθεια * 1986 – Δεν τελειώνουνε οι νύχτες * 1987 – Ακόμα σ΄αγαπώ * 1988 – 100% * 1989 – Η Φαντασία μου * 1991 – Επιμένω γιατί σ΄αγαπώ * 1992 – Καλώς όρισες κοντά μ� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antypas (singer)
Antypas (, , real name: Antypas Masloumidis, ; born 6 March 1954) is a Greek laïko singer. He released around 20 full-length albums, mostly on Minos. A couple of his songs were covered by a Serbian singer Aca Lukas Aleksandar Vuksanović ( sr-cyrl, Александар Вуксановић; born 3 November 1968), better known by his stage name Aca Lukas ( sr-cyr, Аца Лукас), is a Serbian pop-folk singer and musician. Career Vuksanović began his ca ..., most notably "Gia ta lefta ta kaneis ola" ("Pesma od bola" in Lukas' version), which became a huge hit. Discography *1982 – ''Apelpismena S'Agapo'' *1985 – ''Poleitai Kai To Spiti Mou'' *1986 – ''Apagoreuetai Na' S'Agapo'' *1986 – ''Eisai Gynaika Filou'' *1988 – ''Tha Ntytho Gabros'' *1989 – ''Eroteuomai'' *1989 – ''Odigo Kai Se Skeftomai'' *1990 – ''Oi Megalyteres Epityhies Tou'' *1991 – ''Kalispera'' *1991 – ''Timi Mou'' *1992 – ''Gia Na Min Trelatho'' *1994 – ''Kala Pou Irthes'' *1995 – ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Dimitriou
Angeliki Kiourtsaki (; born 18 August 1954), known as Angela Dimitriou (, ), is a Greek singer. She is one of the top 10 most popular and commercially successful Greek female singers, with album sales reaching 1.5 million in Greece and 2.4 million internationally. Biography Angela Dimitriou, born on 18 August 1954 in Peristeri, Attica, Greece, initially named Angeliki Kiourtsaki, faced financial difficulties from a young age, which led her to start working early in life and prevented her from completing her formal education. In 1968, at the age of 14, she first appeared on stage after being discovered by an agent. Her career officially began in 1970 when she performed at the venue BETA VETA. In 1972, she adopted the name Angela Dimitriou. Throughout her career, she collaborated with notable Greek artists and signed contracts with various record labels, including CBS (now Sony Music), Minos EMI, Alpha Records, Lobby Music, and Heaven Music. Angela Dimitriou's journey in the mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Vissi
Anna Vissi (, , ; born 20 December 1957) is a Greek Cypriot singer. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens, in 1973, where she signed with Minos EMI#Merger with Minos Matsas & Son, Minos and simultaneously collaborated with other musical artists and released promotional singles of her own while studying at the University of Athens. She has represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest, Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest in Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, 1980 and Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, 2006, and Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest, Cyprus in Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, 1982. Vissi established herself in the recording industry by winning the Thessaloniki Song Festival in 1977 with the song "As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi" and releasing the As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi, eponymous debut album. Since the 1980s, Vissi began a nearly exclusive collaboration with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafeiris Melas
Zafeiris Melas or Zafiris Melas (Greek: Ζαφείρης Μελάς) is a Greek contemporary pop-folk laïko singer. He was born in Xanthi to Romani parents and grew up in a poor neighbourhood. In his youth, he started performing in local groups of folkloric songs until he was noticed by the owners of the Cosmos recording company Antonis Stamboulis and Poly Vairemidi. During his career, Melas made partnerships with many other famous Greek singers. including Manolis Angelopoulos, Vasilis Karras and Popi Maliotaki Popi Malliotaki (; born 16 October 1971) is a Greek pop-folk singer. Biography She studied nursing in Heraklion Crete and worked as a Nurse while at the same time she sang in nightclubs. After eight months she decided to abandon the nursing an .... Melas lives in Greece with his wife Constantina, with whom he has three kids, Thodoris, Anna and Poly. During summertime he resides in Nea Plagia, Chalkidiki. He once expressed that his greatest secret that keeps him yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Foka
Paola (born Pagona Karamitsou on 25 June 1982) is a Greek singer. Early life and career Born on 25 June 1982 in Thessaloniki and raised in Sykia, Halkidiki. Ηer Greek parents, Alexandros and Maria, were also musicians. She has an older brother Pericles. Paola began singing at 14 years old at the suggestion of a shopkeeper and with the approval of her parents. At 19, she was singing in the nightclub ''Mamounia'' in Thessaloniki. Career In 2005 she published her first album, ''Silent'', and then moved to Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ... to work with Stamatis Gonidis. In 2007 she worked with Sotis Volanis on a duet titled "Grandma and Grandpa" which enjoyed great success. In 2008 she released her second album, "We went with red." In 2012, she released th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilis Karras
Vasilis Karras (; born Vasilis Kesoglidis, 12 November 1953 – 24 December 2023) was a Greek laïko singer. Early life Karras was born on 12 November 1953 in Kokkinohori, Kavala, Greece, to Pontian parents. At the age of 10, his family moved to Thessaloniki, where his brother and sister were born. Career In the 1970s, Karras gained a reputation on the Greek laiko (folk songs) stage singing throughout Northern Greece, and towards the end of the decade had begun to develop his own repertoire, working with song writers and also creating his own work. His first album ''Alismonites ores'' was released in 1980 and around this time he decided to devote his life and career to folk music and sing professionally. Partnerships with Michalis Rakintzis, Zafeiris Melas and Konstantina also furthered his reputation in Greece. In 1996, Karras contacted songwriter Phoebus with the prospect of creating an album based on his songs. The result was the hit album ''Tilefonise mou'' which went two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maro Litra
Maro Litra (), born as Maria Litra (} on 3 November 1970 in Montreal, Quebec), is a Greek singer. She studied music at ''McGill University Conservatory of Music''. Biography She was born in Montreal, Canada on 3 November 1970 by Greek parents from Lefkada and Missolonghi, Greece. She studied music at ''McGill University Conservatory of Music''. For many years she worked as singer in Montreal's nightclubs and restaurants. She began her career after she was competing in the second edition of the Greek talent show Fame Story. She has released 2 albums, several singles and she has won 2 awards in MAD Video Music Awards.She has collaborated with some important artists in Greece: Nikos Vertis, Stamatis Gonidis, Natasa Theodoridou, Peggy Zina, Notis Sfakianakis, Vasilis Karras, Antypas, Giorgos Tsalikis, Nikos Makropoulos, Nikos Oikonomopoulos, Julie Massino, Kostas Karafotis, Dakis. Career 2000-2001: Early years In 2000 she met the Greek singer Giorgos Alkaios, who offered h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Kelekidou
Kelly Kelekidou (, born 9 April 1979), sometimes referred to as Kel Kel, is a Greece, Greek singer. To date, she has released four studio albums and one CD Single which was certified Gold. Career Kelly Kelekidou originates from Kokkinohoma Kavala, Greece and Hamilo Kilkis. Shortly after graduating high school, she started studying business management and nursing, although she had not decided on a career. She also became interested in music and took four years of vocal training at the Contemporary Conservatoire of Thessaloniki, as well as one year of lessons in Byzantine music. Shortly after, Kelekidou started performing at clubs in Thessaloniki. In 2005, Kelekidou signed with Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Greece, and released her first album which was Kelly Kelekidou (album), self-titled which peaked at number 16 on the IFPI Greece, IFPI album charts. The first single off the album was "Glyka Glyka Glykia Mou", a remake of a traditional Laïko song by Giota Halkia. The sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
